Real Madrid will look for its first win of the Champions League campaign when it takes on Turkish side Galatasaray on Tuesday.
The Los Blancos lost their opening group game 3-0 at Paris Saint-Germain and were held to a 2-2 draw by Club Brugge at Santiago Bernabeu, leaving them bottom of the group.
Tuesday's game provides Zidane's men with a chance to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat to Mallorca in La Liga on Saturday and Toni Kroos, Eden Hazard and Dani Carvajal are back in the squad.
However, Gareth Bale and Luka Modric will miss the game after the pair suffered injuries while on international duty. After scoring in Wales' 1-1 draw with Croatia in Cardiff, Bale left the field limping and was later reported to be suffering from cramp, while Modric had to be substituted having sustained bruising to his right quadriceps.
The pair are joined by out-of-favour striker Mariano Diaz and calf injury victim Lucas Vazquez in missing the trip to Istanbul for a game in which Madrid badly need a win to revive its hopes of qualifying from Group A.
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After beating Real Madrid and Galatasaray comprehensively, PSG will look to extend its unbeaten run as it takes on Club Brugge.
Neither Kylian Mbappe nor Edinson Cavani will be fit enough to play the full 90 minutes though, according to coach Thomas Tuchel. PSG has included Mbappe and Cavani in its travelling party for the trip to Belgium, but Tuchel has a decision to make about how long they feature for, if at all.
Mbappe returned to action against Nice last Friday, scoring as a substitute in the 4-1 win following three weeks out with a thigh strain. Cavani did not get off the bench in Nice, with the Uruguay star being managed more carefully given his absence of almost two months with a hip injury.
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With inputs from Omnisport )
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